1.7 Review of the Activities of the NPM in 2013 Participation in consultations on the Istanbul protocol. Integra Institute, Velenje Ivan Šelih, Deputy Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Meeting on the evaluation of the Directive 2008/115/EC (on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals). Katarina Podlogar and dr. Saša Zagorc from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana also took part at the meeting. Incentive by Katarina Podlogar and dr. Saša Zagorc 11 April 2013 Ivan Šelih, Deputy Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, and other colleagues Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Meeting with Dušan Valentinčič, Director-General of the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (URSIKS), and his colleagues and the representative of the Ministry of Justice. Some aspects of serving a prison sentence, education of judicial officers and cases of death of prisoners while serving their prison sentence were discusses. The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 15 April 2013 Miha Horvat, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman’s adviser Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Participation in the online debate on monitoring prisons: New Tactics 26 March 2013 Velenje 11 April 2013 8 May 2013 Belgrade, Serbia Andreja Srebotnik, dr. Ingrid RussiZagožen and Jure Markič, Ombudsman’s advisers, and some representatives of the selected NGOs Ivan Šelih, Deputy Ombudsman, Katarina Bervar Sternad (PIC) and Katja Sodja (the Primus Institute) http://www.newtactics.org/ conversation/monitoring-prisonsprevent-abuse Participation in the round table on Cooperation of the civil society and experts when carrying out the tasks of national preventive mechanisms against violence (NPM) - experience and challenges. International Aid Network, Belgrade, Serbia, and the Serbian NPM 14 May 2013 Vlasta Nussdorfer, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, and her colleagues Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia The Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer talked to the Minister of Health Tomaž Gantar and his colleagues about the issue of amending the Mental Health Act, implementing regulations on the work of forensic psychiatry, organisation of pedopsychiatry and findings of the visits of the representatives of NPM to homes for the elderly and other institutions. The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia 15 May 2013 Vlasta Nussdorfer, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, and her colleagues Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia Conversation with dr. Gregor Virant, Minister of the Interior and Public Administration, and his colleagues, on complaints procedures against police officers, public protests, extradition of foreigners, work of the Inspection Board, residence registration, international protection procedures, election and referendum legislation and the issue of “The Erased”. The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2013 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 137